It snowed... A lot!

I don't know exactly how many inches of snow we got but It was enough to make quite a mess in NJ. Jake and I got a snow day from work and school which is a first for me in the 4 years i've been at the eye doctors office.



These are pictures of my backyard. It looks so pretty.



Jake had to take my kittie Katie out in it.

She obviously wasn't very happy about that.

Bubbles

No this blog isn't going to turn into an all about hair blog. This is just what i've been so busy doing lately.


This is what they call a bubble set. I put in rollers, let them sit then after I take them out I tease the whole head and lightly comb the top layers. I call it the helmet. Remember they teach us these things for technique cause I don't think I could convince anyone to get this style.

Sooo big!

This is it all combed out. I kinda like it this way. No I wasn't the one who burned her head. This head has been passed down to many classes.


I've been looking up some styles lately that I would like to try and my newest obsession is called Victory rolls. I tried once and failed but i'm getting some different opinions on how to be successful.




I read an article that says women adopted the style in the 1940's after a fighter plane maneuver celebrating the victory in WWII.

This is a style that I would love to do on somebody so if anyone is up for a change I get my permit in October and I will need volunteers for clinic.

School Days

So we have to do some pretty old fashioned projects in school in order to learn certain techniques. This one is the french twist. The whole head of hair is teased then the top layer is combed into a twist omitting the front.

We had to add our own style to it so with the extra hair I did lots of large pin curls.

I call it the squirrels tail.

Christmas gifts

Merry Christmas everybody!

This is Katie, the younger of my 2 kitties. You have to love the after holiday deals at Target which is where I found this cute little Santa hat for cats.





My husband and I and a few people in my family went to Boston to spend Christmas with my Aunt Roxanne and her family. Jake and I stayed an extra day and visited the city. We walked around a lot and eventually made our way to Faneuil hall for some very yummy lunch and then to the Aquarium.

They had so many neat fish. This is a type of seahorse I didn't even know existed.

We did a little shopping afterward while waiting for our shuttle. When our shuttle finally came we didn't know exactly where it would stop and ended up having to run after it.

I handmade most of the gifts this year. Starting off with cookies mmm... These are called Russian tea cakes. I love these cookies. I had them first at one of my aunts houses. They just melt in your mouth.

I am also a huge fan of gingerbread cookies.

I made this purse for my friend who lives in Las Vegas.

I gave Jake's aunt and uncle a tim of those cookies and I also made them pillow cases out of this fabric. I was so busy this year I forgot to take pictures of everything.


My neices Lauren, Cambria, and Brynna got one of these crochet hats. I bought the pattern off of Etsy from KrissysWonders.

I also made 5 pairs of pajama pants for my sisters and my brothers girlfriend but I will have to tell them to take pictures and send them to me.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

So it's been looking like Christmas for a while now and it seems like it gets earlier every year. I've been excited though because I have been wanting to decorate for christmas since the day after Halloween.
Time sure is going fast lately. I can't believe it's been so long since my last blog but I do have to admit I haven't gotten much done because i'm so burnt out from school.


First update is this adorable little baby girl Emily Louise (my niece). She was born November 11 in the middle of the day and already she is trying to outdo her older sister. She was already rolling over on her side and pushing herself up while at the hospital.

So to get on to the latest project, I started making this tree skirt on Halloween night and I just finished it this past Friday. That took way too long for such an easy thing.

I never did get a chance to close it in the back with the covered buttons. That will just have to wait until next time.
This will be for sale in my Etsy shop.

Now that my family is extended I have to double up on my work for Christmas presents. I'm currently working on some things but I will have to wait to show them.

Belated Halloween post

I know it's kinda late to be showing Halloween things but I forgot to show my halloween decoration. I used my Manikin from cosmetology class and hung it upside down in the front withdow with a string of purple lights and a black light underneath to give it a scarrier effect.

Everyone in the class has been saying when we graduate we are going to tie these Manikins to the back of a car because we hate working on them, or I should say we hate the old outdated styles they force us to perfect.

Oh mother

When is it that we realize we are turning into our mothers and we're ok with it. I fought it for a long time but i'm not sure why. My mom is cool. She works at the office that my sister in-law, brother and I work at and I have to say she is doing a great job even though sometimes I think it's wierd and laugh at her.

Anyway to get to the point. A great thing about my mother is she always has great magazines that she gives me when she's done with them. Most recent and most favorite is the newest Mary Englebreit's Home companion. There are so many Christmas ideas I actually can't wait to start decorating. One of her friends gave me a bunch of antique bowls for a wedding present and this picture gave me a great use for some of them.

Another thing I have been trying to do for Christmas is make tree skirts. I went through a very tough time a few years ago trying to find the perfect one so as always I decided to just make one. I usually tie it in the back with a bow but now I think I will be closing it with covered buttons, thanks to this pic. from Home Companion.

I'm not sure if i'll get around to doing something like this but I absolutely love it. Yet another picture from Home Companion. I'm in desperate need of a new stocking. I'm still using my very first one that my Memere knit and it had an angel on it at one point but it's so bent out of shape now and missing a head you could never tell.